The biggest hinderance is labor. In particular skill sets. But that’s because we’re too busy teaching kids intersectionality instead of machine tooling.
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The iPhone 11 Pro Max costs around $400 to make. It begins at retail for $1,100. Don’t let anyone tell you the price would HAVE to go up to make it in the US. The profit margin would have to come down.
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In truth the US market means less to Apple now than when they launched the iPhone. That’s why it’s not “coming back”. And that’s because we stood idly by while Western politicians allowed en masse outsourcing to China etc so they could get their commission.
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Our politicians have been nothing but brokers for the past 40 years. Trading our livelihoods and futures away for their 5% on the back end.
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Corporations don't cut their profits, to the detriment of their shareholders, simply because people like you think they should. Costs would rise both to protect profits and because, labor/regulatory costs aside, there are supply chain issues to overcome.
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“People like me” happen to be their most valued customers. That’s why I can to senior people in most companies I’ve loyally given business to for decades. You probably don’t have these relationships if you’re just buying cheap tat on Amazon. So yes, they change for some of us.
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It’d be less abusive than transgender reading hour.
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Technology to fully automate phone assembly has been around for 20 years, the price difference between slave labor and automation is not that huge.
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